GRADE 5 NUMERACY ASSESSMENT

Name: ___________________________________________ Score: ____________

Grade & Section: ______________

Direction: Analyze and solve the following problem. Solve the questions given in the worksheet on
decimal word problems at your own space. This worksheet provides a mixture of questions
on decimals involving order of operations i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division. Use the 4-step Plan.

1. Aaron scored 452.65 marks out of 600 in the final examination. How many marks did he
lose?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

2. Amy had 0.87 litre of cold drink. Flora had 0.92 litres more cold drink. How much cold
drink did Manu have?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

3. The weight of a baby elephant was 218.99 kg. After two years, his weight increased by
109.85 kg. Find the weight of elephant after two years.

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

4. Kathi had a rope of 63.45 m. She cut the rope into two pieces. If the length of one piece
was 23.59 m, what was the length of the other piece?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

5. Each side of a regular polygon is 5.2 m and its perimeter is 36.4 m. Find the number of
sides of the polygon.

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What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

6. Trisha took 3.25 minutes to complete the race and Rachel took 3.207 minutes to
complete the race. Who won the race?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________
7. The annual rainfall received by Arunachal Pradesh is 278.2 cm and that by Assam is
281.8 cm. Who received less rainfall?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

8. Sharon’s height is 145.62 cm. She stands on a tool of height 10.50 cm. What is the
combined height now?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

9. The milkman delivers 5.02 liter of milk to a house in the morning and 2.120 liter in the
evening. What is the total quantity of milk delivered by the milkman?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

10. Rebecca ‘s kite is flying at a height of 17.2 m and Shelly’s at a height of 21.5 m from
the ground. Whose kite is flying high and by how much?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

11. A car travels 367.80 km in 6 hours. How much distance will it travel in 1 hour?

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What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

12. Ron jogged 2.2 km, Mike jogged 3.7 times more distance than Ron. Find the distance
covered by Mike.

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

13. The daily consumption of milk in a house is 3.25 litres. How much milk will be consumed
in 30 days?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________
14. A tin contains 18.5 litre of oil. How many such tin contain 129.5 litre of oil?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

15. Find the cost of 47.2 m cloth if the cost of 1 m cloth is $33.90.

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Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

16. Shruti bought a bag for $298.05. She gave the shopkeeper 2 notes of $200. How much
money will she get back?

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What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

17. A tailor needs 35.25 m of cloth for the shirts and 45.80 m for trousers. How much cloth
does the tailor need in all?

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Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

18. A spool of thread has a thread measuring 86.50 m. If 42.33 m thread has been cut,
what length of thread is still left in the spool?

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Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

19. The cost of a chair is $2045.83. Tania wants to buy 6 chairs for her house. How much
money will she pay to the shopkeeper?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________

20. David has a jug full of milk. He pours the complete milk in 4 glasses, each glass of
capacity 0.8 l. How much milk was there in the jug?

What is asked? ______________________________________________________________

What is/are the given? ________________________________________________________
Operation to be used. _________________________________________________________
Number sentence: ____________________________________________________________
Solution: ____________________________________________________________________